PerreaultForever

Oh and Greenway's a heck of a hockey player isn't he? Genius putting him on the top line.

That's Ruff and it's fine for the coach. It bugs me that so many times I saw Sabres looking to the refs for calls, No other team does that this much. Fight through it ffs.

What an absolutely horrible hockey game. I think that was the worst game from any teams I've seen in ages, certainly the worst this year. Absolute garbage. Like tank teams. Are we secretly tanking? Seems like the only explanation. Giveaways giveaways giveaways. The only thing that amused me all night was listening to the Calgary announcers saying things about the Sabres (lack of compete, not going to the net, giveaways, etc.) that we all know and have all been saying but we rarely seem to hear from Ray and Co. on the Sabres broadcasts. Everybody outside this organization can see the obvious. I wish I'd never become a fan of this sh#tshow.

Well they suck, but they are a defensive team so they might give them problems just like Philly did. One would think Sabres would be motivated after the other Calgary loss and bring their best but who knows. Greenway hat trick maybe 🙂

Well yes, that's true. Draft mistakes have been numerous (as they are with all loser teams) and not valuing the right guys is a big thing too. For example I'm looking at Zadorov turning into captain like leadership in Boston and find myself thinking he could have been a career Sabre. A perfect player? Far from it, but I'd think a guy like that on the back end creates an entirely different defensive dynamic and the team culture is different too. Tage doesn't have to do his payback fight because Zadorov would have done it already. A Foligno or two, a Zadorov, a few others we passed on or let go and we might still be talking about how good Eichel and Reinhart are for us.

Was he? I guess I've forgotten that. His early years were just about violence though. His scoring didn't come in until later. But I admit I've forgotten his draft status.

well you can't top that so I guess I will just go listen to a little Pink Floyd.

I'd take a young Matt Martin over a young Jordan Greenway any day. That's the point though. Nobody thought Wilson had that in him in his earlier days. Greenway's just a big slow lug who takes shifts off when he doesn't feel like it.

The concept isn't flawed. This is how Washington turned Tom Wilson into a productive player rather than just a wrecking ball. But Greenway is no Tom Wilson.

I think it is now. I do think when they hired Ruff Terry and Kevyn thought they would start winning. That they had the pieces in place. Terry may have decided now Ruff was a mistake and he will get the blame. Whether or not Adams goes with him remains to be seen but I certainly hope so. Mind you, if Terry still controls the next guy it really won't matter and might even get worse.

idk, I think there's still some believers here. Not many, and some might even be afraid to post, but there's always some. I guarantee you that is Adams mindset though. If it wasn't, if he actually wanted to win now, he'd have made moves already. The other theory I have, which is highly possible, is Terry has blocked ANY transactions and Adams is a lame duck and the plans for next year are already under way for Jarmo or whoever. I mean there's no logical explanation for the goalie thing unless everything's frozen.

Yes, this should be reserved for the Folignos. (you know if we'd kept Marcus, and added Nick in free agency, we'd have had the veteran leadership we desperately needed along with a hometown thing and then maybe it would all be different and then Kane might have entertained the hometown idea for real. But Terry knows better.)

I think Dahlin will ask for a trade too. Given his personal life this year he might really want a new start in a new place as well. All depends on how his wife is and how tied (or not tied) she is to the community. I know the feeling because many years ago my wife almost died in childbirth and after she didn't, she kind of felt like it's a "new bonus life" and she wanted to throw caution to the wind for several years and that's when we took the kids and moved across country to the west coast. It's a real rebirth moment when you go through something near death and serious and if she has it, he might want it too.

Zucker and Benson should be switched imo but Greenway in that top spot relates directly to what I said earlier in a thread. They are one top veteran forward away from a decent line up but they don't go and get that forward, they just plug in Greenway instead and thus we stay where we are.

Oh definitely. I am quite sure in Adams mind he's thinking "I don't need anybody here. I have Helenius, Kulich back, Östlund and Rosen so more than enough forwards and Mrtka will play D, Levi will fix goaltending and then we will surge. Don't need a thing. " Some people will believe that is true too.